I've been meaning to talk about this cool project for some days.

Enter Nightmonkey:

[caption id="attachment_303" align="alignnone" width="480"] Nightmonkey 2.0[/caption]

What's this?

These are the short and long texts used to describe what a particular software package does. They are shown in different places in the system, most notably on Software Center when you are looking at an application's info page.

Why is this so cool?

• It's a community project around translations, providing an alternative view to translatable packages in Launchpad. This makes them more discoverable and eases the translation process.
• It was designed with upstream collaboration in mind. István and Michael Vogt made a great effort to ensure these translations can be sent back to Debian.
• It's very easy to use, and it allows filtering translations according to popularity, so that translators can focus their work on the descriptions of most important applications.
• It is a great tool for teams to set translation goals and use it for Translation Jams, for example.

Can I contribute to it?

• Translate it
• Improve it
• Report bugs
• Ask and answer questions

Looking forward to seeing more of such awesome community projects developed around Ubuntu Translations!